This is the third volume dedicated to a World Congress of the IIRA: the one for the Tokyo Congress in 2000 and it is dealing with the European scene. The perspective reflects the fact that Europe has reached a stage where it does no longer make too much sense to analyse national systems in...

Despite a more recent debate about ever deeper segmentation, the authors argue that since industrialization, Germany has continually experienced a dual labor market. One segment contains the primary segment of better paid and more attractive jobs, while the secondary segment encompasses rather...

Nach der globalen Wirtschafts- und Finanzkrise 2008/2009 folgte in Deutschland ein anhaltendender Wirtschaftsaufschwung, der auch den Arbeitsmarkt positiv beeinflusste. Im Zuge des Abbaus der Arbeitslosigkeit kam es zu einer dynamischen Lohnentwicklung. Dabei blieb das Wachstum der Tariflöhne...

This paper will approach the role of multinational companies (MNCs) in shaping Hungarian labour relations in a broader context. Departing from an overview of macroeconomic developments of the last two decades, all levels and aspects of labour relations, actors, strategies, institutions and...